Optical Fiber Sorting Robot
Overview
A high-throughput sorting robot designed to inspect and categorize optical fibers. By utilizing real-time visual inspection and pneumatic control, the system dramatically reduced the sorting cycle time from 240 seconds to just 8 seconds.
Key Contributions
- ●Designed the perception pipeline for real-time defect detection.
- ●Integrated and implemented class for FESTO pneumatic actuators.
- ●Implemented class for Faulhaber rotary actuator with rack mechanism for linear motion.
- ●Deployed and maintained 5 operational units to the production line.
- ●Optimized multithreading to handle high-speed camera feeds without latency.
Technologies
PythonMultithreadingYoLo DockerOrange Pi 5BSensor Integration
Team
- Cowlar Design Studio Team
- Usama Jahangir